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‘Dark Empaths’ Could Hide Some of The Most Dangerous Personality Traits

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People with “dark personality traits”, such as psychopathy or narcissism, are more likely to be callous, disagreeable and antagonistic in their nature. Such traits exists on a continuum – we all have more or less of them, and this does not necessarily equate to being clinically diagnosed with a personality disorder.   Traditionally, people who … Read more

Bird Navigation, Dark Matter, Biblical Archaeology, and More

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While we sleep this spring, billions of birds will be flying through the night from their wintering grounds to their breeding territories. Bird migration is a mind-bendingly astonishing phenomenon: these tiny creatures fly thousands of kilometers with enough precision to return to the same nesting site year after year. They use three types of compass, … Read more

A Man Had a Stroke. Three Months Later His Tongue Turned ‘Hairy’ And Dark

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A man in his 50s presented to doctors in India a black, hairy tongue after suffering a stroke, according to a report by JAMA Dermatology. The man had left-sided weakness from a stroke three months prior and was put on a pureed diet, doctors said in the report published Wednesday. A thick, black coating had covered most … Read more

‘Star Trek: Picard’ season 2 episode 2 continues to enthrall with dark timeline (review)

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Warning: Spoilers ahead for “Star Trek: Picard” season 2, episode 2 What an incredible week it’s been, sci-fi fans. Paramount Plus dropped the first official teaser trailer for “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” and, by a coincidence of galactic proportions, Disney dropped a teaser trailer for “Obi-Wan Kenobi,” the latest “Star Wars” live-action spin-off.  Plus … Read more

Fluorescent silk: Quantum dots make silkworms glow in the dark

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Nanometre-sized semiconductors extracted from mulberry leaves make silkworms and their silk emit a strong red glow Technology 4 March 2022 By Alex Wilkins A silkworm fluorescing under green light Huan-Ming Xiong Silkworms that eat nanometre-sized particles called quantum dots produce fluorescent silk. Researchers have previously used gene editing to make fluorescent silkworms, but these methods … Read more

Fluorescent silk: Quantum dots make silkworms glow in the dark

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Nanometre-sized semiconductors extracted from mulberry leaves make silkworms and their silk emit a strong red glow Technology 4 March 2022 By Alex Wilkins A glowing silkworm Huan-Ming Xiong Silkworms that eat nanometre-sized particles called quantum dots produce glow-in-the-dark silk. Researchers have previously used gene editing to make fluorescent silkworms, but these methods can be costly … Read more

Dual review: The dark side of cloning played straight for laughs

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Riley Stearns’s dark comedy about a death match between clones has an appealing premise, but it doesn’t quite hit the mark Humans 23 February 2022 By Davide Abbatescianni Preparing for a death match against your double brings mental and physical challenges Courtesy of Sundance Institute Dual Riley Stearns Coming in 2022 FROM its very first scene, … Read more

First Look: Hellboy’s Mike Mignola blasts into outer space with new Dark Horse miniseries, ‘Radio Spaceman’

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Mike Mignola, the Eisner Award-winning illustrator/writer and creative mind behind “Hellboy” and its spinoff titles known as the Mignolaverse, has rarely ventured into outer space during his impressive 30-year career.  Exploring the darker dimensions of the supernatural horror genre and summoning an extraordinary menagerie of vampires, ghosts, demons and severely twisted souls is where he’s … Read more